Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

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Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby Ivan » Mon Jul 24, 2006 3:43 pm

OK a small guide for making historically correct screenshots.

So you feel the desire to take that DC-8 or other vintage jet out for a screenshot session...
Chances are that you will face the decision where to take the screenshots... with a neutral background or someplace where the machine has a fitting backdrop

Sure you can do some nice 'old-and-new' shots, with the Saha 707 at Dubai, but in general, going for that kind of shots restricts you to a handful of airlines.

Anyway, here's a small guide for taking shots where vintage planes DO fit in... (shots arent the best ones around but just for giving an idea how to work around the issue)

Shot 1
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Just a basic composition, all aircraft in the same scheme.
All the planes in the shot are from the same time period

Shot 2
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High contrast!!
Despite the odd combination, it still is a plausible situation, although a Polar Directorate Il-18 wont be showing up in Rostov-na-Donu everyday.

Shot 3
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NOT a plausible shot (see the Hawker bizjet clearly recognisable at the end of the row?)

Shot 4
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This one is already a lot better than the previous one, with the offending bizjet far enough away to miss it on first sight.

And the list of planes / flightplans / scenery used...
AI (most from avsim.ru):
CIS AI Project An-24B and AN-24RV
SimLandmarks Tu-154M, Il-86 and Yak-40
Sergei Carr Tu-154B (v3)

Flightplans: Aeroflot 1991 vintage (avsim.ru)

Flyable plane: Il-18 by Pavel Hvatkin with FS9 updates

Scenery:
Koltsovo and Tolmachevo by UNNT Team
Rostov-na-Donu from russia.simflight.com
Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones),  Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and [url=http://an24.uw.hu/]An-24RV[/ur
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Re: Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby Ecko » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:48 pm

That second shot is just awesome, great work Ivan. 8)
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Re: Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby Fitter » Mon Jul 24, 2006 7:04 pm

Great set....just awesome composition and realistic feeling 8)
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Re: Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby Clipper » Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:07 pm

Great, great tutorial Ivan. I'm sure it'll come in handy for any of us that want to go for that totally realistic feel in our vintage pics. Bravo!  :) Wicked shot quality as well.  :)
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Re: Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby MOUSY » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:47 am

I'v never thought of taking screenshots in that light. Very great tut. Thnx for the tips.
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Re: Ivans guide to vintage airline screenshots

Postby gottoflynow » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:20 pm

Awsome...but where do you get that russian traffic...ive looked all over but I cant find any!

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